第一卷 选择题(共75分)

第一部分：知识运用

I．单项选择（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

1. ?I?don’t?think?_____?possible?to?master?a?foreign?language?without?much?memory?work.

A.?this??? B.?that?? C.?its??? D.?it

2. ----- Are they similar ______ each other?

? ------?No, in fact, they have nothing _____ common.

A. to; in????? ????? ???? B. to; with??? ????? ?? C. as; in???? ????? ????? D. as；with

3. I don’t know where my children have _______ these rude words, which made me worried.

A. taken up?? ????? ? B. made up??? ????? ? C. given up??? ????? ?? D. picked up

4. The restaurant is popular in this community, since food there ______.

A. tastes good??? ????? B. tastes well??? ????? C. is tasting good??? D. is tasted well

5. We drove a long way to see him; only _______ that he had just left for the south.

A. finding B. found C. having found D. to find

6. The twins, who ______ their homework, were allowed to play badminton on the playground.

A. will finish B. finish C. have finished D. had finished

7. The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked ______ by the police.

A. to not B. not to C. not do D. do not

8. ---?Peter,?do?you?know?who____?my?dictionary??

---Sorry,?I?don’t?know.?I?didn’t?do?it.?

A.?has?taken?away???? B.?was?taking?away?? C.?had?taken?away? D.?is?taking?away

9. The news shocked the public, ________to great concern about students’ safety at school.

A.?having?led???? B.?led???????? C.?leading????? D.?to?lead?

10. It?______?be?the?postman?at?the?door.?It’s?only?six?o’clock.??

A.?mustn’t??? B.?can’t??? C.?won’t???? D.?needn’t?

II．完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn't seen for many years. I couldn't believe the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn't even seem like the 11 person.

When I first knew Bill, back in 12 , he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑的) people I had ever met. He was always ready to have a party. He was always ready to have a party. He thought 13 of going went out for beer at three o'clock in the morning or drove 50 miles to see an old 14 he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and life was never dull when he was 15 . With him there was one wild 16 after another. Sometimes I wonder how we managed to study for our exams.

Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. 17 , I wasn't even 18 it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn't really sure until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 19 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the 20 thing Bill cared about was possessions(财产). Now they seemed to be his main 21 . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never imagine Bill changing so much. My image of him 22 the one I had formed at the time when we were college students together.

I suppose it's 23 to expect people to remain the same, especially 24 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than

the new Bill. Maybe he 25 the same way about me.

11. A. proper B. same C. usual D. right

12. A. childhood B. the army C. his thirties D. college

13. A. nothing B. much C. most D. none

14. A. man B. hospital C. movie D. country

15. A. in B. out C. away D. around

16. A. adventure B. mistake C. chance D. joke

17. A. First of all B. At first C. Now and then D. All the time

18. A. glad B. excited C. surprised D. sure

19. A. thought B. talked C. argued D. spent

20. A. first B. last C. next D. only

21. A. interest B. event C. subject D. problem

22. A. remained B. reminded C. suggested D. became

23. A. unnecessary B. foolish C. common D. unusually

24. A. because B. that C. how D. when

25. A. felt B. acted C. looked D. discovered

III．阅读理解（共 10 小题，每小题3分，共30分）

A

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.

Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.

The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.

The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.

Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

26. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.

A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life

C. were poor but somewhat content

D. lived a different life from their forefathers

27. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A. the frogs were easy money B. They needs money to buy medicine

C. they wanted to please the visitors D. the frogs made too much noise

28. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

A. the crops didn’t do well B. there were too many insects

C. the visits brought in diseases D. the pesticides were overused

B

About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings.

Instead, they receive their elementary(初等)and high school education by working at home on computers. The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools”, and that is about twice as many as two years ago.

The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well.

Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school.

Whatever the judgment of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen.

Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary.

Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation.

?29.?What?do?we?know?from?the?text?about?students?of?a?cyberschool??

A.?They?have?to?take?long?bus?rides?to?school.?????????????

B.?They?study?at?home?rather?than?in?classrooms.

C.?They?receive?money?from?traditional?public?schools.?????

D.?They?do?well?in?traditional?school?programs.?

30.?Cyberschools?are?getting?popular?became?______.?

A.?they?are?less?expensive?for?students???????????????????

B.?their?students?can?work?at?their?own?speed?

C.?their?graduates?are?more?successful?in?society???????????

D.?they?serve?students?in?a?wider?age?range?

31.?We?can?infer?that?the?author?of?the?text?is?______.?

A.?unprejudiced?in?his?description?of?cyberschools?????????

B.?excited?about?the?future?of?cyberschools?

C.?doubtful?about?the?quality?of?cyberschoois????????????

D.?disappointed?at?the?development?of?cyberschools?

C

五选四阅读: 根据选文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40milezone, when a police car came behind him with the light on. 32

As?the policeman came to him, he said, "Hi, officer, I guess you caught me a little bit over the limit. I was in a rush to get home, to be with my wife and kids, you know my younger son wasn't feeling well when I left home this morning."

???? The policeman said, "Well, I guess so,” and started writing something in his notebook. ___33___ A few moments later, the policeman came to his window and handed him a paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man started to wonder, how much this ticket was going to be as he began to look at the paper. 34

"I had a daughter who was killed by a speeding car at the age of six, by a speeding driver like you. He got a fine, a few months in prison, and was free, free to hug two other daughters. 35